WQED-FM Voice of the Arts Previews:

 

Press interviews for I Am a Dreamer Who No Longer Dreams, October 2022:

WQED-FM Preview of RIGOLETTO - May 2022

Maria, baritone Andrew Cummings, and soprano Maria Brea speak with WQED-FM’s Anna Singer about Resonance Works’ 9th season finale production of Verdi’s RIGOLETTO.

WQED-FM Preview for “Back to the Future” - November 2021

Maria and Jeffrey Turner, former Pittsburgh Symphony Principal double bass, talk with WQED-FM’s Jim Cunningham about the November 2022 Resonance Works concerts featuring works of Missy Mazzoli, Gabriela Lena Frank, Chen Yi, and Jessie Montgomery.

Maria guest hosts “Opera from the Inside” on Prairie Public Radio - October 2021

A preview of the October 2021 production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni with Fargo-Morehead Opera, with stage director Austin Regan, and cast members Khary “K.F. Jacques” Laurent and Anna Hashizume.

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WQED-FM Women’s History Month interview with Anna Singer - March 2021

In this NEW series from Classical WQED FM 89.3, Anna Singer interviews powerful women in the Pittsburgh arts scene. Listen to her interview with Maria HERE.

WQED-FM Preview for Verdi by Vegetables - December 2020

Maria chats with Anna Singer about “Verdi by Vegetables: the Movie” premiere - December 9, 2020

Press interviews for the Decameron Opera Coalition’s Tales from a Safe Distance”

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Thursdays with Thomas on IDAGIO LIVE - October 2020

Maria and Matt Boresi are chat with Thomas Hampson about the Decameron Opera Coalition’s Tales from a Safe Distance

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Behind the Curtain feature on Tales from a Safe Distance

Host Kari Coomans talks with Maria, Luca Pisaroni, and Matt Boresi about the premiere

 
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Engineering Her Own Path: Beyond the Bio with Maria Sensi Sellner

A candid conversation about Maria’s path to the podium.

Pittsburgh in the Round - Artist Spotlight

Pittsburgh in the Round features an interview with Maria in their 2019 spring preview, where she talks about Resonance Works, their upcoming production of Bach's St. John Passion, what she loves about conducting, and more!

“We have found that [audiences] trust us to deliver meaningful performances whether it’s a fully staged opera, chamber music, or anything in between. In performing in a variety of venues and neighborhoods, we have seen two benefits–introducing people to new places and spaces in Pittsburgh, and also reaching new audiences in their own communities.”
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“As a conductor, I make no sound. I am reliant on the talent and expression of the musicians around me, and what they bring to our music making in every moment. Unlike visual art, music has the temporal dimension, which cannot be captured in its complete essence, even in recordings. This is the bittersweet magic of being a musician and experiencing a live musical performance–literally feeling the fleeting vibrations in the room. There truly is nothing like it.

My job is to bring together and guide the collective work of my colleagues to create vibrations that become meaningful experiences–journeys through time and place, that tell stories, that elicit emotional, visceral, and intellectual responses. I can think of no more gratifying thing to do.”

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WQED-FM Interviews

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Burgh Vivant feature

December 2015

“Tonight we take it to church at Shadyside's Third Presbyterian, chatting with Artistic Director and Founder of Resonance Works, Maria Sensi Sellner. Maria discusses balancing engineering with music, the founding of Resonance Works, and the company's growing tradition of AMAHL AND THE NIGHT VISITORS. PLUS: conducting with cocktails!”

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Preview: Resonance Works: A multi-modal company

"If Pittsburgh is recognized for its happy coexistence of industry and culture, conductor Maria Sensi Sellner may embody it." — Pittsburgh Post Gazette, September 2014

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Motivated by Music

Profile of Maria in the Tribune Review
November 2013

“I have watched her blossom from a warm, intelligent, kind, friendly and loyal young student to one of the prominent leaders in the Pittsburgh music scene,” says Nancy Galbraith, composition professor at CMU, with whom Sellner has been studying since high school. Galbraith is confident Sellner will have continued success.

Sharing that view is Grammy Award-winner Robert Page, who also taught Sellner at CMU.

“The greatest reward any teacher can have is observing the success of his students. She is so special,” says Page, University professor emeritus at CMU and former professor of music and director of choral activities there.

He also is the music director emeritus of The Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh.

He lauds Sellner as a respected opera conductor and “a thorough musician who inspires her musicians, bringing vision, incredible energy and tenacity to all that she does.” Her impressive launching of Resonance Works is an example of her entrepreneurial capabilities, he adds.